Blue Noise

Debra Oswald

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Random House
01 September 2009

General fiction (Children's&YA); Young Adult

Blue Noise is about people letting you down, how to survive your family and the amazing thrill of making music with your friends.

Blue Noise is about people letting you down, how to survive your family and the amazing thrill of making music with your friends.

Ash is drooling over his favourite guitar - the one he can't afford - when he meets Charlie Novak. One jam session later and Charlie convinces Ash to play in his band. But it'll never work. Bands never do.

Erin is wandering down a corridor at school - overthinking things as usual - when she runs into Charlie. Literally. The guy is a fruit loop with his weird hair and hyperactive rantings. When Charlie invites her to be the band's keyboard player, Erin can't get a word in to say no. She's a classical pianist. It'll never work.

But maybe this time things will be different. Maybe blues music is just what Ash and Erin need.

By: Debra Oswald
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 132mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 264g
ISBN: 9781741663754
ISBN 10: 174166375X
Pages: 286
Publication Date: 01 September 2009
Recommended Age: From 13 years
Audience: Young adult , Preschool (0-5)
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Debra Oswald's novels for teenagers include Getting Air and Blue Noise, and her children's novels include The Redback Leftovers, Me and Barry Terrific, The Return of the Baked Bean, The Fifth Quest and several Aussie Bites titles. Her plays include Gary's House and Sweet Road, which were shortlisted for the NSW Premier's Award.

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One of the best young adult novels I've read this year . . . deftly explores the tensions between youth and authority, and the nature of friendship, grief and small-town prejudice. Oswald's prose is animated by vivid characterization, the self-mocking humor typical of teens and by an unexpected tragedy that (unusually for YA fiction) isn't treated gratuitously. Weekend Australian on Getting Air

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